Can filler



Feb. 28, 1933. L. BUEHLE, JR

CAN FILLER Filed April 19, 1928 num@ [emga el? @1,1 l."

Patented Feb. 28,1 1933` UNITED STATES LEON BUEHLER, JR., or WAYNnsBoRo, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIGNon To rami; GOMPANY, *f*

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OF WAYNESBORO, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OFPENNASYLVANIA CAN FILLER Application filed April 19,

My invention relates to can fillers, and `more particularly to meansfor controlling or varying the capacity of the filler. The invention is designed primarilyfor use with a can filler of the type forming the subject Y matter ofmy cto-pending application, Serial Number 242,766, filed December 27,1927.

A further obj ect of the invention is to provide means for varyingthel capacity of the l0 can fillerwhich Will be more simple of operai tion and more readily manipulated than the vol'ume changing means provided in known devices and in the application above referred to. i Referring to the accompanying drawing which is made a part hereof and on lwhich similar reference ycharacters indicate similar parts, f

Figure 1 is a sectional view of `a can filler, shotvingmy capacity varying means pivotally mounted therein, I

Figure 2, a section on line 2 2, Figure 1, Figure is, a partial section through the tank on line 3-3 of Figure 2. In the drawing numeral 10 indicates the tank or can filler which is alternately filled and emptied for use especiallyfor. filling the ice cans in an ice making machine. The top of the filler has an air outlet 11,r Which is closed by a float valve 12 when the Water rises to fill. the filler. A bucket 14 ispivotally mounted Within the filler so that it may be tilted so as to allow a predetermined proportion ofthe capacity of the bucket to be retained inthe bucket When the can 10 as a i Whole is emptied. The bucket `14 is mounted upon a shaft 15 by means of straps 16 secured tothe side of the bucket, which straps arev secured on the shaft 15 by means of screws or bolts 17, the said straps or brackets 16 having perforations 18 through which the shaft 15 passes.` The straps also are'bent over to forman L' shaped hanging bracket, asshovvn.

f A supporting bar 19 secured Vat 20 to the sides 5 of the tank 10 providesl a pivotal support for. one endof theshaft 15. The other end ofy this shaft passes through aplate 21Which is secured Within the`tank'10 byvmeans ofbolt-s or rivets 22. The plate 21 has a screwy threaded outer end upon "which va cap 23 may be 1928. vserial No. 271,351.

securing the packing 25rtightly around the Vshaftl 15, to prevent leakage of fluid aroundl this shaft. The outer end of' the shaft 15 maybe squared as shown at 26, to receive a suitable handle for rotating the shaft.

Y The manner in which the device operates is n as follows z .V17 hen intheposition shown in full lines VFigureV 1, Witheach rfilling and emptying of the tank 10 the bucket-14 Will displace a volkume from the tank equal to its` entire volume'. Y. Vhen the bucket 14 is tilted so as to assume the position shown in dotted lines in Figure y1,

only a portion ofthe total volume ofthe bucket Will remain filledrvvith Water, namely, the portion represented below the dotted line 27 When the bucket is in the last named position the can filler 10v supplies almostits Whole volume in liquid to the ice can to be filled. If desired of course the bucket 14 may be tilted until its contents will drain, with each emptying of the tank 10. When in this position the filler 10 supplies its maximum volume to the cans 'Which are filled. When the bucket 14 is in the position shown in full lines co f the can filler 10 delivers its minimum quanti- Rotation'of the shaft 15 will position the bucket 14 at any point intermediate the maximum volume and the minimum volume of the filler 10, the shaft 15 4being readily roi tatable by means of a crank positioned on'the ,squared end 26. The adjustment of the different volumes may be very quickly and easily made.

and particularly for filling the ice cans, it

should be obvio-us that it should not be re-V While I have shown anddescribed this in vention for use with anice making machine pacity of any tank or reservoir or can from f which measured vvolumes off fluid are dispensed. The position of thebucket would indicate what part of the total volumeof the can is displaced to leave the remaining volume l as a resultant volume delivered to the receptacle which is filled.

It Will be obvious to those skilled in the arti that various changes may be made in mydevice without departing from the spiriiiof the invention, and I, therefore, do not limit myself to What is shown in the drawing and described in the specification, but only as set 5 forth in the appended claim.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim asneW and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A ller for ice cans of a refrigerating system comprising a vessel having means therein movable to retain a predetermined volume of Water, said means comprising a trough having ear portions secured to its ends, said ear portions having perforations to receive a shaft for supporting the trough, the ear portions being bent over and secured to the shaft to cause the trough to'berotated by the shaft, said shaft having one end journaled in a i bracket in the vessel and having its other end extending out through the Walls of the vessel by means of Which shaft the trough is rotated to position it so as to retain a predetermined quantity of Water in the vessel when the vessel is emptied whereby the effective volume of the vessel is controlled within predetermined limits, substantially as set forth. Invvitness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, this thirteenth day of April, A. D. nineteen hundred and twenty-eight.

LEON BUEHLER, JR. 

